White Stork Synagogue

White Stork Synagogue
Polish: Synagoga Pod Białym Bocianem
The synagogue in 2019
Religion
AffiliationConservative Judaism
RiteNusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue
  • (1829–1968)
  • (since 2010)
Profane use (1968–c. 2000)
Governing bodyUnion of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland
StatusActive
Location
Location5 Pawła Włodkowica Street, Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
CountryPoland
White Stork Synagogue is located in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
White Stork Synagogue
Location of the synagogue
in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Geographic coordinates51°06′29″N 17°01′29″E / 51.10806°N 17.02472°E / 51.10806; 17.02472
Architecture
Architect(s)Carl Ferdinand Langhans
TypeSynagogue architecture
StyleNeoclassical
Groundbreaking1826
Completed1829
MaterialsBrick
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The White Stork Synagogue (Polish: Synagoga Pod Białym Bocianem) is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Wrocław, in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. Designed by Carl Ferdinand Langhans in the Neoclassical style and completed in 1829, the synagogue is located in the city's center, which was the northern edge of the former Jewish district.

Rededicated in 2010 after a decade-long renovation, it is the religious and cultural centre of the local Jewish community, under the auspices of the Union of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland.[3][4] It is the only synagogue in Wrocław to have survived Conservative Judaism during the Holocaust.[5]

  1. ^ "White Stork (Pod Białym Bocianem) Synagogue in Wrocław". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Wrocław: Synagoga Pod Białym Bocianem". Virtual Shtetl. POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  3. ^ "Gminy zrzeszone w Związku Gmin Wyznaniowych Żydowskich". Jewish communities belonging to the Union of Religious Communities (in Polish). Forum Żydów Polskich. 2010. Archived from the original on September 23, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
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